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The In 1904/5, to ensure better management, the BCR opened between 1882 and 1884. It was merged with into the [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]] (EBR) that had been formed in 1884 by the GoI and expanded in 19041887 from the amalgamation of other lines working in the region.The former BCR lines became the basis of the Kulna Branch Railway of the EBR network.<ref>Railway Raj Safari 1a by Keith Scholey</ref>
The following is held in An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway<ref>[[India Office Records]] at the [[British http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British LibraryArchives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search "]] but has not been included in ; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref> gives 27 references. The most important being:- *''' L/AG/46/4''' “Records of the index, Z/Bengal Central Railway Company; 1856-1906”*''' L/AG/46./24''' “Records of the India Office relating to the Bengal Central Railway Company; 1903-1916”
== External links =='''Following merger with EBR in 1904/5''' this railway became a State Railway; a search of the following may yield a result *'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946" *'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
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|timeline1date= 1881
|timeline1details= Formed as assisted private company without guarantee
|timeline2date= 1882-1884
|timeline2details= Opened to traffic
|timeline3date= 1886?|timeline3details= Taken into State ownership|timeline4date= 1904|timeline4details= Nationalised and merged into [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]] |timeline5date= 1904|timeline5details= Merged into [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Bangaon]], [[Jessore]], [[Khulna]]
|system1date=
|system1details=
|system2date=By 1895|system2details= Worked by [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]]
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The '''Bengal Central Railway''' (BCR) was an un-guaranteed , privately owned, company formed in 1881 to build and operate a broad gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) railway from [[Bangaon]] via [[Jessore]] to [[Khulna]].
The 'Bengal Central Railway Company' was formed and launched in July 1881 and raised over £1 million initially … "The Company was found to be a pure financing vehicle when, a matter of months after listing, the operations of the line were subcontacted to the wealthy [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] Company(EBR) ... The price of EBR’s ... shares reacted positively to this arrangement ... in June 1882, after which EBR was purchased by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]])... BCR management reverted to the GoI at that time.”
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-u45CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT92&lpg=PT92&dq=Bengal+Central+Railway&source=bl&ots=_g7fsMtoW4&sig=tubQHwdNG9zS51eQVpOBCafTHYM&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYtf2g8_jJAhWEgA8KHVT7AO4Q6AEIVzAI#v=onepage&q=Bengal%20Central%20Railway&f=false "Financing India's Imperial Railways, 1875–1914" by Stuart Sweeney]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2015</ref>
Note : The EBR became the [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]], owned and managed by the Government of India (GoI), on 30 June 1884.
== History ==
The Company constructed two BG lines
[[Ranaghat]] to [[Bangaon]] , 21 miles(33km), opened in October 1882
[[Dum Dum]] to [[Khulna]] via [[Bangoan]] , 108 miles(172km) opened in stages and completed in 1884.
== Records ==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
==Personnel Records=='''List of Employees''' The following record is applicable*''' L/AG/46/4/11 : ''' "List of employees " (1886-1896)”. ''Research comment - not included in the index Z/L/AG/46.''
'''Miscellaneous Records'''
*[[Willoughby Charles Furnivall]] was 'on loan' from [[Railway Branch - PWD]] during the period 1874-90 in charge of a number of locally administered State railways, which included the BCR <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.222 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Furnivall, Willoughby Charles"]; Retrieved on 21 Jul 2016</ref>.
==External Links==*[httphttps://banglapediaen.searchwikipedia.com.bdorg/HTwiki/R_0048.htm Banglapedia article on Bangaon_railway_station "RailwaysBangaon Railway Station"]Wikipedia
==Further Information==See [http://www.railway.gov.bd/brief_history.asp Bangladesh [Eastern Bengal Railway, "Brief History"- Lines owned and worked]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Private Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
